Photo: P199 · Public domainFewer crimes per resident are recorded in Elizabethtown-Kitley than in 69% of Canadian towns
For every 1,000 residents, 9.3 violent incidents and 14.9 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the typical town its size, the figures are 12.9 and 31.2. On top of that, its Safety Grade is B+, on crime the police covering Elizabethtown-Kitley reported from 2023 to 2025: #277 of 862 in Ontario. A Crime Severity Index of 49.6, the 2023–2025 mean, compares with 68.5 for the typical Canadian town its size. Ontario’s towns sit around 56.2, midway up their range.
Statistics Canada, police-reported crime, 2023–2025 means. The index weighs each crime by its seriousness; rates are incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Source area for crime severity, crime rate and incident counts: the Leeds County (Brockville) detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Elizabethtown-Kitley
Police clear more here
Police cleared 49% of Elizabethtown-Kitley’s crime, weighted by seriousness (73% of violent crime, 39% of the rest), against 34% across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Questions ↓
In the middle of towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Elizabethtown-Kitley stands 17th, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
More severe than in 2023
From 40.7 in 2023 to 52.3 in 2025: that is Elizabethtown-Kitley’s index, against 74.3 and 64.2 for the typical Canadian town its size. Year by year ↓
Drug offences: high for a town its size
Elizabethtown-Kitley records 1.2 incidents of drug offences per 1,000 residents a year, against 0.7 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. By type ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
What’s behind Elizabethtown-Kitley’s grade
How sure: Less sure than most. No detachment reports for Elizabethtown-Kitley itself, so the grade rests on the nearest one’s figures, 12 km away.
The grade weighs the Crime Severity Index and its violent half, averaged over 2023–2025, against every Canadian town and city neighbourhood of 1,000 people or more.
Its place: #277 of 862 in Ontario and #521 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
Elizabethtown-Kitley’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Elizabethtown-Kitley runs highest on drug offences (1.2 per 1,000 against 0.7). Motor vehicle theft and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 8.3 | 0.3 | 84% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 3.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 2 | 0.07 | — |
| Robbery | 1.7 | 0.06 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 2.3 | 0.08 | — |
| Other violent violations | 4 | 0.1 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 51.7 | 1.8 | 19% |
| Possession of stolen property | 8.7 | 0.3 | 89% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 31.3 | 1.1 | 30% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 22.3 | 0.8 | 9% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 97.7 | 3.4 | 16% |
| Mischief | 65 | 2.3 | 18% |
| Weapons violations | 10 | 0.4 | 60% |
| Administration of justice violations | 74.7 | 2.6 | 71% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 14 | 0.5 | 45% |
| Drug violations | 33.7 | 1.2 | 76% |
| Impaired driving | 48 | 1.7 | 98% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 2.7 | 0.09 | — |
Statistics Canada’s violation groups for the whole police service or detachment, incidents a year its own. Cleared: incidents solved by a charge or otherwise, as a share of those reported.
Incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 means, against the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
Year by year in Elizabethtown-Kitley: up 29%, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
The middle year, 2024, was the heaviest at 56; 2023 was lightest, at 40.7. The typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Elizabethtown-Kitley | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 52.3 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 56 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 40.7 | 74.3 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Elizabethtown-Kitley, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
About 270 violent incidents a year in the area of the detachment nearest Elizabethtown-Kitley (28,600 residents), 2023–2025
Violent incidents per 1,000 a year, 2023–2025
Property crimes per 1,000 a year, 2023–2025
Statistics Canada counts actual incidents; those police record as unfounded are listed apart and kept out of its crime rates and severity index. Each incident is filed under its most serious violation, which the survey sets partly by the maximum penalty.
And about 430 property crimes, plus 280 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Among 40 towns its size, Elizabethtown-Kitley places 17th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beckwith Ontario | 10,073 | 20.5 | 25.5 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 5 | Palmerston Ontario | 10,029 | 29 | 28.2 | A+ |
| 6 | Thamesford Ontario | 9,755 | 30.7 | 22.5 | A+ |
| 7 | Malahide Ontario | 9,995 | 31.5 | 41.2 | A |
| … | |||||
| 14 | Lorraine Quebec | 9,721 | 47.9 | 61 | B+ |
| 15 | Electoral Area C (Puntledge - Black Creek), Comox Valley British Columbia | 9,803 | 49.5 | 61.5 | B+ |
| 16 | Leeds and the Thousand Islands Ontario | 10,185 | 49.6 | 50.6 | B+ |
| 17 | Elizabethtown-Kitley Ontario | 9,886 | 49.6 | 50.6 | B+ |
| 18 | Shawnigan British Columbia | 9,903 | 49.9 | 52.5 | B+ |
| 19 | Qualicum Beach British Columbia | 9,640 | 51.5 | 32.6 | B+ |
| 20 | Coaldale Alberta | 9,644 | 57.1 | 45.1 | B |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Plympton-Wyoming Ontario | 9,548 | 333.9 | 378.3 | D− |
The 40 Canadian towns of 2,500+ people closest in population; city neighbourhoods, city totals and reserves are left out. Towns on one police service or detachment share its index.
The Canadian towns closest to Elizabethtown-Kitley in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Crime in the places around Elizabethtown-Kitley
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabethtown-Kitley | 9,886 | 49.6 | 50.6 | B+ |
| Athens | 3,078 | 49.6 | 50.6 | B+ |
| Brockville | 23,720 | 100.1 | 126.6 | C− |
| Front of Yonge | 2,773 | 49.6 | 50.6 | B+ |
The comparison skips 2 neighbours reported under the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Reading the number. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- Solved cases. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- How serious, not how safe. One robbery outweighs a run of minor thefts here, since every crime counts by the sentences courts give it. Statistics Canada adds: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
Questions about safety in Elizabethtown-Kitley
Is Elizabethtown-Kitley safe?
Statistics Canada puts Elizabethtown-Kitley at 49.6 on its Crime Severity Index over 2023–2025; Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people sit at 68.5 in the middle. Violent incidents run at 9.3 and property crimes at 14.9 per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Elizabethtown-Kitley?
Fraud is the most common, at 4.9 per 1,000 residents a year, then assault (4.4) and other Criminal Code offences (3.8).
Is crime going up in Elizabethtown-Kitley?
Up 29%: 40.7 in 2023, 52.3 in 2025.
How much of Elizabethtown-Kitley’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 73% of violent crime and 39% of everything else, 49% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Elizabethtown-Kitley and other places, so the figures are shared.
Source: Statistics Canada, police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025 (Statistics Canada Open Licence); TownRatings calculation.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Crime severity index and weighted clearance rates, police services (tables 35-10-0186 to 0190, 0061, 0063, 0064), 2023–2025 · Statistics Canada, Incident-based crime statistics by detailed violations, police services (35-10-0178 to 0185) · Safety Grade: TownRatings calculation. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).